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MUSIC VIDEO INDEX

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Music video Index:

1) Music Video - introduction and factsheet questions

2) Music Video theory and This Is America analysis

3) Common - Letter to the Free context and analysis

4) Michael Jackson - Billie Jean context, analysis and MM article

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Music Video: Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

Goodwin’s music video theory Andrew Goodwin’s theory of music videos states that music videos contain some or all of the following elements: A link between the visuals & lyrics (compliment, contradict or amplify) Genre characteristics (heavy metal in industrialised settings; rap music in urban street contexts etc.) Contain intertextual references (references to popular culture) Contain notions of looking (e.g. screens within screens) Include objectification of females (e.g. male gaze) Include demands of the record label (close ups of lead singer, symbols or motifs associated with the band / performer etc.) Video will be performance, narrative or concept based. Neale’s genre theory of Repetition and Difference Steve Neale states that though all genres are structured along the identical conventions of plot, narrative and mise-en-scene, success lies in their ability to manipulate and re-shape these elements. In this sense, all genres all contain instances of r...

Music Video: Common - Letter to the Free

Common: a pioneering artist Common is a Black American cultural icon who has maintained a political and social concern in his music. At one of the most charged periods in American history, the video Letter to the Free is presented as his contribution to the divisive political and social issues of contemporary America, a sense that he is attempting to draw attention to initiating a new wave of ‘protest music’. Michael Eric Dyson on Common Dyson on black stereotypes and Common: “Many critics don’t account for the complex ways that some artists in hip hop play with stereotypes to either subvert or reverse them. Amid the pimp mythologies and metaphors that gut contemporary hip hop, rappers like Common… seize on pimpology’s prominence to poke fun at its pervasiveness. “Hip hop is still fundamentally an art form that traffics in hyperbole, parody, kitsch, dramatic license, double entendres, signification, and other literary and artistic conventions to get its point across.” Michael ...

Mise-en-scene

At first glimpse of this picture our eyes are drawn to look at the knife in the actor's hand. In this image the lighting is based around the actor and mainly on his hand and the knife. This contrast of a dark, shadowed background and the low-key lighting focused on the knife makes it stand out more. Low-key lighting is often used in mysteries and thrillers . The knife is placed in sharper focus than the rest of the shot which creates a dominant. The use of the prop of a blade signifies that the boy may be a murderer or a psychopath. His body language and placement shown in this close up shot suggests that he is threatening somebody with the knife or confronting somebody. The lighting on the knife is mainly focused on the tip of the blade which makes it look more sharp and harmful- this creates a sense of fear . The lighting used in this shot is mainly focused around the knife the boy is holding, this exposes to the audience what appears to be cocaine or a white substa...

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